rsync on Windows

Question

I'm trying to run rsync on Windows with the cwrsync port.

I'm issuing the following command (note that this is just a dry run):

rsync -nPaAz foouser@webxx.example.com:/home/foobar/webapps/barbaz/ C:\\mybackupfolder\

but I get the following error

The source and destination cannot both be remote.
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1148) [Receiver=3.0.8]

Could someone point me in the right direction?

jftuga · Answer 1 · 2011-09-20 22:20:29Z

up vote 3 down vote

For the destination try using:

/cygdrive/c/mybackupfolder/

Note that a colon tells rsync that the location is remote.

answered Sep 20 '11 at 22:20

jftuga
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	Gotcha about the colon! But it doesn't seem to help. Tried this other version (%CD% is an env variable pointing to the current dir) too but still failing: rsync -nPaAz foouser@webxx.example.com:/home/foobar/webapps/barbaz/ %CD% – L. De Leo Sep 20 '11 at 22:38
	what about changing to the destination directory and then just use "." for the destination? – jftuga Sep 21 '11 at 2:30

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Automaton · Answer 2 · 2011-09-20 22:15:59Z

up vote 2 down vote

Try

 rsync -nPaAz foouser@webxx.example.com:/home/foobar/webapps/barbaz/ C:/mybackupfolder/

answered Sep 20 '11 at 22:15

This does not work as expected for me. – Emre Yazıcı Apr 29 at 22:54

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Gareth · Answer 3 · 2011-12-09 01:53:06Z

Got here from a similar problem with rsync for Windows.

Instead of using the path, just make a .bat file that uses CD C:\whereto\ then in the rsync command just use . as the directory to save to.

Example (something.bat):

@echo off  
cd C:\mybackupfolder\  
rsync -nPaAz foouser@webxx.example.com:/home/foobar/webapps/barbaz/ .

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